“Everything is about sex except sex. Sex is about power.” Oscar Wilde’s famous quote comes to mind when we think of Stefanos Kasselakis.

Given the different protagonists and characteristics of the two given times, it would seem somewhat excessive to draw similarities between PASOK’s heyday in 1981, when it gained such widespread popularity with its pledges for change, and the realistic possibility of the socialist party reclaiming its position in second place as the main contender for power against New Democracy today because of SYRIZA’s disintegration.

With the government on the defensive and looking for initiatives that will bring drifting voters back, the two biggest opposition parties are distracted by internal turmoil.

Diplomatic efforts are under way to find a solution to prevent a massive oil spillage from the Greek-flagged oil tanker Sounion.

The debate is international: how to limit the use of mobile phones in schools, especially for children aged under 12. The answer is not easy.

SYRIZA leader Stefanos Kasselakis, speaking at the party’s central committee on Saturday, said the party must “change or sink,” citing the need for reform amid internal dissent.

Office buildings and hotels absorbed 70% of the total transaction volume.

A prosecutor has recommended that criminal lawyer Apostolos Lytras face misdemeanor charges, not felony, in the alleged abuse of his wife, attorney Sofia Polyzogopoulou. The charge would be reduced to “dangerous bodily harm” from “serious intentional bodily harm.”

A 69-year-old shepherd was critically injured in a shooting at his farm in Vilandredo, Rethymno, on Friday morning.

Two people were killed in a crash Friday night in Anavyssos, East Attica.

Canada-based rating agency affirms the country’s credit rating at BBB (low).

Belgium’s Thierry Neuville and and his co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe drive their Hyundai i20 N Rally1 Hybrid on the Dafni stage during the EKO Acropolis Rally Greece, part of the World Rally Championship (WRC), in the Fthiotida regional unit of Central Greece, on Friday.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will outline the government’s policy agenda on Saturday night at the opening of the 88th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF).

The drama unfolding in Greece’s main opposition SYRIZA party over the last several weeks has been overwhelming and it’s hard to keep up with it all.

Blank Wall Gallery (55 Fokionos Negri, blankwallgallery.com) opens the new season with a solo exhibition by Belgian street photographer Rob Putseys.

Aid to farmers will have an important place among the measures to be announced by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis in his keynote speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair Saturday.

In a joint statement released on Thursday, 12 industrial associations of the country emphasized that the high cost of electricity threatens the survival of industries in Greece.

Minister of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy Christos Stylianides met on Thursday with Secretary for Transport of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Lam Sai-hung, who visited Greece heading a delegation which arrived in Athens after visiting Brussels.

Olive oil and potatoes saw the steepest price increases in August in Cyprus.

Infrastructure and Transport Minister Christos Staikouras, speaking at the 4th Thessaloniki Metropolitan Summit, emphasized that ongoing and upcoming projects will significantly upgrade infrastructure in Thessaloniki and northern Greece.